# garish vs garth

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### garish
*adjective · IPA /ˈɡɛəɹɪʃ/ · frequency rank #48,249*
Overly ostentatious; so colorful as to be in bad taste.

### garth
*noun · IPA /ɡɑː(ɹ)θ/ · frequency rank #19,347*
A grassy quadrangle surrounded by cloisters.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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